use
/juːz/
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- 1 syllable
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- One strong syllable
- Vowel
- Long vowel
- Ending
- Final e often stays silent
US voice -> use
(v) အသုံးပြု (n) အသုံးပြုမှု
use /ju:z / v (pt, pp used /ju:zd /)
၁။ ~ sth (for sth/ doing sth) ; ~ sth (as sth) အသုံးပြုသည်။ သုံးသည်။ Do you know how
to use a drill? ဒီလွန်ပူမျိုး ကိုင်တတ်သလား။
❍ May I use your phone? ❍ Use your common sense! ❍ words that are only used in certain contexts ❍ What kind of toothpaste do you use? ❍ A hammer is used for driving in nails. ❍ She uses her unmarried name for professional purposes. ❍ use a saucer as an ashtray ❍We used the money to buy a new car. ❍ They used force to persuade him.
၂။ အသုံးချသည်။ ခုတုံးလုပ်သည်။ He felt he'd been used. ❍ She simply used us for her own ends/ to get what she wanted. ❍ He used the bad weather as an excuse for not coming.
၃။ အသုံးပြုသည်။ သုံးသည်။ Use the milk sparingly, there's not much left. ❍ We only used a gallon of petrol for the journey. See also USED1,2, USED TO
/ju:s / n
၁။ [U, sing] ~ (of sth) အသုံးပြုမှု။ အသုံး။
the use of electricity for heating ❍ an ingenious use of wind power ❍ the use of force ❍ keep sth for one's own use ❍ funds for use in emergencies ❍ a liquid for external use only (ie that must not be swallowed) လိမ်းဆေးသက်သက်(သောက်ရန်မဟုတ်)။ ❍ build cabins for use as holiday homes ❍ This car park is for the use of customers only.
၂။ [C,U] အသုံး။ သုံးပုံ သုံးနည်း။ a tool with many uses ❍ find a (new) use for sth ❍ the use of language in a legal context.
၃။ [U] ~ (of sth) (က) သုံးခွင့်။ allow a tenant use of the garden ❍ I have the use of the car this week. (ခ) သုံးနိုင်စွမ်း။ have full use of one's mental faculties ❍ lose the use of one's legs (ie become unable to walk).
၄။ [U] အသုံး ကျခြင်း။ အကြောင်းထူးခြင်း။ What's the use of worrying about it? ❍ Its no use pretending you didn't know. ❍ Do you want this old typewriter? It's of no use to me.
၅။ [U] (fml ) ကျင့်သား။ Long use has accustomed me to it.
❏ come into/ go out of use [IDM ] အသုံးတွင်သည် (သို့) ခေတ်ကုန်သွားသည်။ When did this word come into common use? ❍ The city's trams will go out of use next year.
❏ have its/ their/ one's uses [IDM ]
မရှိသုံး သုံးရသည်။ I don't like that cupboard but I suppose it has its uses.
❏ have no use for sb [IDM ]
သည်းမခံ။ လက်မခံ။ I've no use for people who don't try.
❏ have no use for sth [IDM ]
မသုံးတော့။ အသုံးမဝင်တော့။ I've no further use for my old cassette player, so you can have it.
❏ I, etc could use sth [IDM ](infml ) …ချင်လိုက်တာ။ Phew! I could use a drink!
❏ in use [IDM ]
မအားလပ်။ We couldn't play tennis because the courts were all in use.
❏ make use of sth/ sb [IDM ]
အသုံးချသည်။ Make full use of every chance you have to speak English. ❍ She has not made good use of her talents.
❏ put sth to good use [IDM ]
အသုံးကျသည်။ He'll be able to put his languages to good use in the new job.
❏ usable /'ju:zǝbl / adj
သုံးနိုင်သေး[သော]။ The tyres are worn but still usable.
❏ use one's loaf [IDM ] (Brit infml ) ကိုယ့်ဦးနှောက်ကလေးများ သုံးပါဦး။ Don't keep asking me what to do, use your loaf!
❏ use sth up [PHRV ]
သုံးပစ်သည်။ use up all one's strength/ energy ❍ I've used up all the glue. ❍ She used up the chicken bones to make soup.
- Using a computer is so much quicker.
- What type of soap do you use?
- Using all his charm, he managed to persuade them.
- [use something for something] : Psychological tests are used for selection purposes.
- [use something for doing something] : Methane gas is used for heating and generating power.
- [use something as something] : I had to use a ski as a tent pole.
- [use something as an excuse/reason] : They used the recession as an excuse to get rid of workers.
- Only about 30 people regularly use the bus service.
- You’ve used all the hot water again.
- Most of that paint was used on the kitchen.
- You know he’s just using you.
- [use someone for your own ends] : Liz has always used people for her own ends.
- Don’t use language like that in front of your little brother.
- [use something to do something] : McClaren used the same words to describe his feelings.
- In jail, he continued to deal and use drugs.
- She’s using again.
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